Shuttle



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES C. SERGESON, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

SHUTTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 561,137, dated June 2,1896.

Application filed February 24, 1896. Serial No. 580,317. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMES C. SERGESON, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city and county of Philadelphia,State of Penn-Vsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Shuttles, whichimprovement is fully set forth in the following specification andaccompanying drawings.

My invention relates to an improvement in shuttles, whereby when yarn,thread, or stock is used therein in wet condition the body of theshuttle is prevented from warping or becoming injuriously irregular onits outer face.

Figure 1 represents a top or plan view of a shuttle embodying myinvention. Fig. '2 represents a transverse section thereof, on anenlarged scale, on line w m, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 represents a perspectiveview of a detached portion thereof. 7

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severalfigures.

Referring to the drawings, A designates a shuttle, which, excepting thefeature of my invention applied thereto, is of usual construction.

The inner face of the side and base of the body of the shuttle hasgrooves B formed therein, the same receiving the braces or stays (3,which consist of somewhat V-shaped pieces of metal or other rigidmaterial, it being no- I ticed that the side limbs D of said stays haveprojecting flanges thereon, so as to make said limbs T shape incross-section, and the side grooves B are similarly shaped, so that saidlimbs which occupy said side grooves are interlocked with the side wallA of the body of the shuttle, thus preventing said walls from springingapart and Warping or materially warping. Again there depend from thelimbs D the legs E, which enter the grooves F in the side portion of thebase G of the body of the shuttle. Hence, as the limbs D are connectedat bottom by the webs H of the stays, said legs E serve to resist thetendency of the base of the bottom to swell or expand laterally. Bythese means the shape of the body of the shuttle is preserved and causedto run true in the raceway which it occupies.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A shuttle having grooves in its opposite sides and a brace havingside limbs locking in said grooves, and provided with a web connectingsaid side limbs, said parts being combined substantially as described.

2. A shuttle having grooves in its opposite sides, and a brace havingT-shaped limbs fitting in said grooves, and a web or cross-piececonnecting said limbs, said parts being combined substantially asdescribed.

3. A stay for a shuttle-body, consisting of side limbs and a bottom webconnecting the same, said limbs being provided with projecting flangesadapted to interlock with the side walls of said body, substantially asdescribed.

4. A shuttle having grooves in its opposite sides, and a brace havinglimbs locking in said grooves, a web connecting said limbs near thelower ends thereof, and legs 011 said limbs-below said web, said partsbeing combined substantially as described.

5. A stay for a shuttle-body, formed of side limbs provided withprojecting flanges, a web connecting the bottom thereof and dependinglegs, substantially as described.

JAMES C. SERGESON. Witnesses:

JOHN A. WIE1)ERsHEIM, R. H. GRAESER.

